Another great night of ratings for ABC from the NBA Finals, but the network certainly was disappointed in the result of last night’s Game 4.  Miami won again at home, taking a 3-1 lead in the series and giving the heat a shot at ending the series Thursday in Game 5.  Visions of a very […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 5 through Sunday December 11, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Both EMPIRE and MODERN FAMILY received 0.1 bumps from this morning’s series lows in final numbers–but just barely, as their less-rounded ratings were respectively 1.86 and 1.66.  In addition, CRIMINAL MINDS and CHICAGO PD were up 0.1. After adjustment for the Los Angeles preemption, ARROW stayed as-is, but THE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK slipped 0.02 to 0.49, GENERATION GAP ticked up to 0.39, and THE CON was up 0.06 to 0.31. CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.08 to 0.79.  The rest of the night had reruns at 0.30/0.28/0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.36/0.28. FOX:  Reruns at 0.20/0.12/0.11. CW:  BUMP ticked up to 0.04, […]

> NBC comes face-to-face with its post-football Sunday. NBC:  No doubt the network thought that whatever the quality of its new series version of John Grisham’s THE FIRM (and that quality is quite bad), name value alone would bring it an audience.  Well, not so much:  its disastrous 1.4 put it in last place for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.7/1.2/1.0 (with a Duke game during the first hour), better than the 1.1/1.0/1.1 for last year’s first Friday.  Elsewhere, DYNASTY and 20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  14 of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for HOME ECONOMICS, the 9PM THE CONNERS, CHICAGO FIRE and CHICAGO PD.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dipped 0.03 to 0.49.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.44/0.36.  Bravo’s REAL […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.59.  In addition, there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for the NCIS: LA rerun and 48 HOURS, while NBC’s reruns of ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and WEAKEST LINK dropped 0.1 and 0.2 respectively.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]